FTX Files Lawsuit Against Ex-Compliance Chief Friedberg Over Alleged ‘Hush Money’ Payments

The lawyers of defunct crypto change FTX are suing the organization’s former compliance chief officer Daniel Friedberg for paying off insiders who threatened to expose the trade’s unlawful sports.

The lawsuit alleges that the previous compliance leader served as a “fixer,” paying “exorbitant hush money” to potential whistleblowers who threatened to expose the executives’ alleged misappropriation of user finances.

Friedberg faces eleven charges, such as, breach of fiduciary obligation, prison malpractice, company waste and several counts of fraudulent transfers, in keeping with the lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Damages associated with some of the referred to charges can be decided at trial. Friedberg Allegedly Played A Key Role In FTX’s Fraudulent Schemes
As per the criticism, Friedberg allegedly played a key role in FTX’s former control’s fraudulent scheme.

The former compliance officer used his perception into the enterprise to hold together “a house of cards” as he allegedly broke several legal guidelines in doing so.
Friedberg served because the leader compliance officer to FTX US and as well as widespread suggest to its trading arm Alameda Research from 2017 until the firm filed for financial ruin in November closing 12 months.

The lawsuit aims to reclaim bills plus hobby associated with the former compliance chief’s $300,000 earnings at FTX US, a $1.4 million signing bonus, an 8% fairness stake in the crypto exchange, and a $three million payment from the trading arm Alameda.

FTX’s lawyers also are seeking the go back of 102 million Serum tokens.

SBF helped release Serum, Solana-based decentralized change (DEX), with the Solana Foundation in 2020.

At its present day price, Friedberg’s SRM tokens are envisioned to be worth $12.2 million.

As per the lawsuit, Friedberg fired an legal professional operating for Alameda Research dubbed “Whistleblower-2” when they “have become concerned approximately governance and regulatory troubles” in the crypto company.
As said in advance, now defunct exchange FTX is having preliminary talks with buyers on reviving the global exchange through a joint challenge.

FTX is anticipated to go through a complete rebranding manner that could involve ability reimbursement arrangements for some precise customers, a supply instructed Wall Street Journal.

These precise cutting-edge clients may want to acquire reimbursement through the availability of ownership stakes inside the restructured crypto alternate.

John J. Ray III, appointed as FTX CEO at some point of the financial ruin proceedings, confirmed that the company has started the manner of attaining out to stakeholders for the relaunch of the FTX.Com trade.